Game or puzzle board



l O .tv n av o n nd C. F. BEDELL.

GAME OR PUZZLE BOARD Filed Oct. 22, 1930 Feb. 28, 1933.

` or otherk indicia of the stations withwhich Patented Feb.` 28, 1.933

coimnnra` BEDELL, or uniek,y NEW kYom:

" exilim on rUzzLE BOARD The presentinvention relates to game or puzzle board. 'Y

Itis the main object ofthis invention to provide a. veryy simple, compact'y andfeconom- "5 ical article whichwill furnish novel and interesting means for exercising the mental faculties and also provide an amusing pastime. v Thev game or puzzle comprises a board of any suitable material having three stations arranged horizontally and spaced equidisl tantly at each end of the board, with one, station in the center and two stations also equidistantly arranged horizontally and intermediate between theisingle and-three sta-y tions. These stations. are coloredto correspond to the colors ofthe disks used in connection therewith. Two auxiliary V'stations are provided for temporary use.. v 1 .f

lihen the boa-rd is laid fiat, or substantially so, with a disk arran ed'on each of theA stations bearing `correspon ing indicia of the board,pitrmay be used inyjwhateverfposition the board may be placed with relation to its top or bottom, as the arrangement of stations on the board allows of suchuse.

For ready identification of disks with re-l lation to their home stations,y the disks` to be used at one end arediderently colored at least on their faces fromthose used at the other end and the disk lused on the center secz tion is colored diiferentlyfrom the other two sets of disks. The different colors or other indicia of the disks correspond withthe color they are to be used before play is commenced.

For illustration herein the disks and stations are identified by red, yellow .and green,y re-A spectively. i'

For full understanding of the invention a detailed description of'a construction embodying the same in its most advantageous form will now be given in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming a kpart of this slfieciication7 and the features formj. ing the inventionthen will be specifically f l pointed out in the claims. f' In the drawing 5 y Figure 1 is a plan view ofthelgame kboard Appucationalea october 22, 1930.y serial 110.490,35'9.

with ydisks 1in jposition at the beginning of p p ay-, Y. f A j Figure ,2 is a plan view ofthe same at the end of play, and f Figure 3 is a sectiona ofFigure l. 'I Referring to said drawing A` is ay game board generallyV square `in outline. Three stations Bvare'locatedpnear each of the four edges, of board A, spaced substantially equi- A distant -fromeach other ineach line and so arranged that a suitablemargin is provided between each series of three stations and the edge of the board'adjacent to said stations. I have found it advantageous to make the gameor puzzle board of cardboard about sevenfincheslsquare, of such character that does not readily `bend or allow ythe disks to slip. In one edge portion I provide a count? ing device bearing a series of numbers fromlgcl l to 27, inclusive,for registering by hand the number of moves as they are made, since if it view on line 3 3 -is attempted to keep track of the moves without any registering-means, an error is very'y likely to occur and thus cause argument and possibly spoilthe-game'the purpose of which is to transfer the set of live home station disks from their respective home stations to foreign stations in 27 movesfthe` green disk, however, to be returned to its home staf tionon'the last ortwenty seventh move. f Vhilethe counting vdevice may bel of any suitable character, that Vused for illustration v herein hasbeen found advantageous and sim# ple comprisinga cut outportion or slotD '85. slightly lessin length than the length of the kganas board. In theY margin between the board. proper and saidcut out portion is ar-` ranged a seriesl ofnumbers beginning vwith the 11umberllat a kpolntiopp'osite the top .90

of said cutout portion knear the top of the board and ending witht27 at a point opposite the.'` bottom offsaid eut out portion.v Any suitable-indicator or register E may be f usedgthe examplelherein shown and de? 95 scribed', however,hasA been found.z advanta# ge'ous. It comprisessan ordinary round `headed, staple inserted/'from `the back oftheslitg- Y its upwardly projecting legs beingbent over onthetop ofthe board,rone leg towardthe 100 row of figures and the other leg being bent over the top of the board away from said row of figures, the edges of the cut out portion ot the board lying between the head and bent over legs to allow the indicator to be readily inovedup and down in said cut out portion by the thumb and forefinger of the operator. The leg of the indicator E bent toward said series of numbers is pointed to allow greater accuracy in reading its position, which is advantageous when the numbers are close together. It is important that an accurate score of the number of moves be kept, as success depends entirely on completing in 27 moves.

Vhile the guide lines Fare not essential, it is of advantage that they be provided as an aid in directing movement of the disks.

To prepare the boardA for use Vthe five red disks are arranged on the five correspondingly red colored, or home stations, three at the top oi the board and two in advance of these; the iive yellow disks are Vsimilarly ar ranged on their correspondingly yellow colored or home stations at the opposite sideof the board; and the green disk is positioned on the center, green colored, station, the two remaining stations without colorV not being home stations but temporary stations.

At the beginning of play all the disks of a color corresponding to the color of the stations will be on the stations of that color, or home stations, and at the end of the vplay all of said disks will be on stations of the color of theopposite side, or foreign stations, the

green, or center disk being on its home sta-tion it` correctly played.

Home stations and the correspondingly colored disks therefor have one color, as red and foreign another, as yellow, and the dividing station a third color, as green.

The tive pieces or disks on the outer and adjacent rows on Veach end of the board may not be `moved rearwardly. The greenV disk,

however, may be moved in any direction, that is, it may be moved sidewise and rearward in addition to forward, but it is only permitted to be moved three separate times and the last of these three moves of said reen disk must bethe twenty seventh and inal move. It at the twenty seventh move, which is that move which returns the green disk to its home station, the ive yellow disks'and the live red disks which were, at the beginning of play, on their respective home stations, that is, on stations of the same color as those disks, are all on foreign stations, or stations of opposite color, success in the solution'has been reached.

The two stations, without indicia. on either side ot the green center station G, I term auxiliary stations,as theyiare only occupied temporarily duringthe progress of the play. One4 solution of the puzzle is shown bythe arrows and figures on Figure 2. The arrow heads point to the space to be occupied by the pieces at the end of each move and the numbers associated with said arrows indicate the number of the move.

What I claim is:

l. A puzzle game board having tive parallel rows of playing stations, the stations in adjacent rows being in staggered arrangement, the outside and middle rows having three stations each and the intermediate rows having two stations each, lines joining each stationY to the adjacent stations, the live stations constituting one outside row and the adjacent row being'of one color, and the corresponding five stations on the opposite side of the board being of second color, the central station of the middle row being of a third color, and the end stations of the middle row being blank, in combination with a set of game pieces one or each colored station and corresponding in color thereto.

2. A puzzle gaine board having thereon lines forming a square and the diagonals thereof and lines joining the mid point of each side of the square to the mid points of the other sides of the square, the thirteen intersections `of the lines forming stations tor playing pieces, the ive stations nearest one side of the board being ofrone color, the iive stations nearest the opposite side of the board being of a second color, the station at the center of the board being oLt a third color and the remaining twozstations being blank, in combination with a set of game pieces one for each colored station and corresponding in color thereto.` f

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. Y

GORNELIA F. BEDELL. 

